fitted with a 62 @ - @ foot @ - @ 4 @ - @ inch ( 19 m ) compressed @ - @ air aircraft cat ##ap ##ult on her forecast ##le and successfully launched an e ##2 ##n ##1 type 15 sea ##plane . after repeated accidents , the cat ##ap ##ult was replaced by one powered by gunpowder . on the completion of testing in 1928 , asahi was placed in reserve . rec ##lassified as a repair ship on 16 august 1937 , asahi was taken out of reserve in november , after the marco polo bridge incident that started the second sino @ - @ japanese war , and was used as a transport to land troops in an amphibious landing at hang
fitted with a 62 @ - @ foot @ - @ 4 @ - @ inch ( 19 m ) compressed @ - @ air aircraft catapult on her forecastle and successfully launched an e2n1 type 15 seaplane. after repeated accidents, the catapult was replaced by one powered by gunpowder. on the completion of testing in 1928, asahi was placed in reserve. reclassified as a repair ship on 16 august 1937, asahi was taken out of reserve in november, after the marco polo bridge incident that started the second sino @ - @ japanese war, and was used as a transport to land troops in an amphibious landing at hang